UNA-USA of Nashville

Annual Spring
Meeting & Dinner
Tuesday, May 5, 5:30pm – 8:00pm

"US-UN Relations in the Administration
of President Obama"
Joe Sills, speaker

Belmont United Methodist Church
21st Avenue South at Acklen in
Hillsboro Village
Reception: 5:30 pm
Dinner: 6:00 pm
Program: 7:00 pm

Call (615) 870-8446 or email una-event@bellsouth.net
Reservation required by noon on Sunday, May 3
Please specify if vegetarian plate preferred.
Cost: $16 for adults and $12 for students (Please note: any person who cancels after May 3rd is liable for the cost of dinner. Program only is free.)

Mr. Joe Sills is a retired senior official from the United Nations secretariat. During his tenure at the UN he was press spokesman for Secretaries-General Perez de Cuellar and Boutros-Ghali, and Director of the UN's Washington office. Upon his retirement, he returned to his hometown of Nashville where he now serves as a member of the UNA-Nashville Board. Mr. Sills will discuss the prospects for USUN relations in the Obama administration, contrasting them with the previous administration. The issues he will cover include human rights, UN peacekeeping, US participation in various treaty regimes, and payment of US financial obligations
to the UN.



					Welcome to the Nashville chapter of the United Nations Association. The Nashville chapter of the United Nations Association is a local chapter of UNA-USA, a national non-partisan, non-profit, organization devoted to building public support for constructive U.S. leadership in a more effective United Nations. Our chapter was formed in 1945, and claims to be the first in the nation. Our members believe that the United Nations is essential to a world which is becoming small and increasingly interdependent. Violence, hunger, disease, pollution, poverty, illiteracy, and war impact all people on this planet. The UN is the international agency able to cross all boundaries and make our world more liveable through cooperation rather than confrontation. Click here to download a PDF file about the United Nations. Our chapter holds frequent seminars on current international issues, maintains an office to provide members and the community with information and material relating to the UN, hosts events celebrating UN Day and Human Rights Day, lobbies our legislators on support of the UN, both its budget and its programs, and promotes the UN in school and community events. Ginny Warren designed this web site.

	Annual Spring Meeting & Dinner Tuesday, May 5, 5:30pm – 8:00pm "US-UN Relations in the Administration of President Obama" Joe Sills, speaker Belmont United Methodist Church 21st Avenue South at Acklen in Hillsboro Village Reception: 5:30 pm Dinner: 6:00 pm Program: 7:00 pm Call (615) 870-8446 or email una-event@bellsouth.net Reservation required by noon on Sunday, May 3 Please specify if vegetarian plate preferred. Cost: $16 for adults and $12 for students (Please note: any person who cancels after May 3rd is liable for the cost of dinner. Program only is free.) Mr. Joe Sills is a retired senior official from the United Nations secretariat. During his tenure at the UN he was press spokesman for Secretaries-General Perez de Cuellar and Boutros-Ghali, and Director of the UN's Washington office. Upon his retirement, he returned to his hometown of Nashville where he now serves as a member of the UNA-Nashville Board. Mr. Sills will discuss the prospects for USUN relations in the Obama administration, contrasting them with the previous administration. The issues he will cover include human rights, UN peacekeeping, US participation in various treaty regimes, and payment of US financial obligations to the UN.

Welcome to the Nashville chapter of the United Nations Association.